Definitions for preferred
pre·ferred

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. preferable, preferredadjective

   more desirable than another

   "coffee is preferable to tea"; "Danny's preferred name is `Dan'"

2. favored, favorite(a), favourite(a), best-loved, pet, preferred, preferentadjective

   preferred above all others and treated with partiality

   "the favored child"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. preferrednoun

   Preferred stock.

2. preferredadjective

   favoured

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Preferred

   of Prefer

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'preferred' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4254

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'preferred' in Adjectives Frequency: #1006

How to pronounce preferred?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say preferred in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of preferred in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of preferred in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of preferred in a Sentence

1. Brandon Brown:

   Racing at 200 miles per hour doesn't give me a lot of time to think about politics. And even if it did, I have always preferred the roar of the engine to the roar of my voice.

2. Adam Schiff:

   Last month, in a bid to prevent informing the American people and its elected representatives about Russian efforts to help President President Trump and hurt Joe Biden, the Trump Administration announced that it would cease briefing Congress in person, and rely on written products alone. But if written products are being altered for political reasons, or worse withheld entirely, how can the American people trust that this Administration will inform voters on how foreign powers are trying to influence them, or where the threats really come from, and protect National Security — particularly when it contradicts the President's preferred narrative or personal political interests ? In short, they can't, and that's dangerous.

3. Jim Bridenstine:

   If achievable, this is the preferred option for our first exploration mission.

4. Donald Trump:

   They could have pushed it through two weeks ago and we wouldn't be talking about this right now, which is what I would have preferred.

5. Jack Nicklaus:

   I think that everybody was happy to see Arnold out on the tee, i think Arnold was happy to be on the tee. I think he would have preferred to hit a golf ball.

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